Principle Product Designer

Location: Charlotte, NC LOCALS ONLY

Hybrid expectation: 3 days per week in office

Rate: $45/hr

Need local to Charlotte consultants


Mission

Own how Compass translates validated opportunities into compelling product experiences. Lead solution shaping through rapid prototyping, interaction design and product thinking while evolving the experience foundations that allow those solutions to scale.


Shape Product Direction

Translate validated opportunities into product experiences.

Explore multiple solution directions before converging.

Define future-state workflows and interaction models.

Translate long-term vision into practical iterative experiences.

Partner with Product, Discovery and Engineering before delivery.


Prototype & Validate

Prototype to improve product decisions, not just communicate designs.

Use AI to accelerate concept exploration and iteration.

Choose the right fidelity for each decision.

Validate concepts with users and stakeholders before engineering investment.

Continuously improve Compass' prototyping practice.


Build Experience Foundations

Evolve reusable interaction patterns and experience principles.

Modernize visual language where it improves products.

Grow the experience system from proven patterns.

Promote consistency through reusable foundations.


Improve the Practice

Improve Design-Engineering collaboration.

Recommend improvements to the design-to-production workflow.

Evaluate emerging AI-enabled workflows.

Coach designers and elevate product design practices.